Mena B. Lafkioui (Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris & CNRS, Paris) is going to give the next talk in the Lectures on Information Structure series. The talk will be entitled Revisiting clefts and presentationals and their connection. If you wish to attend, you can join the Teams meeting Meeting ID: 342 909…

The next Syntax Interface Lecture will be given by Jairo Nunes, University of São Paulo, on the 30th of May at 4pm (CET). It will be entitled Phase Defectivity and Inherent Case in Brazilian Portuguese Abstract Brazilian Portuguese has undergone a series of apparently independent diachronic changes that set it aside within Romance. On the…

The 1st Heritage Language Syntax #HLS brainstorming meeting will take place virtually on the 20th of June. The “guiding” question will be What should always be present in a paper on heritage syntax? – so that all the people working on it from different perspectives can find the info they need. This will also be…

The 4th GLOWing Lecture will take place tomorrow, on May 16, from 14:00 CET. David Adger (Queen Mary University of London) will speak about Why is syntax local where it is, and not where it isn’t. Discussant: Heather Newell (Université du Québec à Montréal). If you don’t have the Zoom link you can follow the…

Reciprocal expressions: Lexicon, Grammar, Semantics Workshop in honor of Imke Kruitwagen and Giada Palmieri Thursday, 6 June, 9.00-13.30 Janskerkhof 2-3, room 109, Utrecht   PROGRAM 09.00-09.15     opening 09.15-10.15     Jacopo Romoli (Düsseldorf): On the source of ignorance and distributive inferences 10.15-10.45     Break 10.45-11.45     John Beavers (Austin, Texas): TBA 11.45-12.00     Break 12.00-12.40…

CRISSP is extremely pleased and proud to present the GuidoFest, a one-day workshop in honor of Guido Vanden Wyngaerd’s 60th birthday: Date: Tuesday 4 June 2024 Location: KU Leuven, Brussels campus, Stormstraat 2, 1000 Brussels, room 6303 Program Tuesday 4 June 2024 10.00 10.30 Arrival & coffee 10.30 11.00 CRISSP Intro 11.00 11.30 Marcel den Dikken…

LeiBieCos, a workshop on Comparative Syntax organized by the universities of Leiden and Bielefeld, will take place at Leiden University on Thursday 23 May and Friday 24 May 2024. The program can be found here. Registration In order to attend the conference, please register using this form. The registration fee is €50, which covers coffee/tea, snacks and…